2nd Lt Peter William Merton Orme RFC

[chrisharley9]

Name: ORME, PETER WILLIAM MERTON

Initials: P W M

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps

Secondary Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment

Secondary Unit Text: and

Age: 26

Date of Death: 07/05/1917

Additional information: Son of Henry Merton Orme and Elizabeth Henrietta Orme. Born at Slinfold, Sussex.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: D. E. 144.

Cemetery: HOVE OLD CEMETERY

Reference: COR/1/3/501

Creation dates: 10 May 1917

ORME

Scope and Content

Peter William Merton, 2nd Lieut 3rd Royal Sussex Regt, attached to RFC, Blenheim Barracks, Farnborough, 25; collision between motor cycle and car; accidental death

ANy further info would be greatly appreciated for the data base that Im compiling from the E Sussex Coroners Office

Chris

[Hambo]

Chris

Only two years to get a reply, is this a record?

Was googling this man and I can add a little

Orme Peter William Merton 2nd Lieutenant

Royal Sussex Regiment and Royal Flying Corps

Died on the 7th of May 1917 aged 26

He was born on the 9th of July 1891 at Slinfold in Sussex the son of Henry Merton and Elizabeth Henrietta Orme. He was educated at The Hall, Sydenham and at the King’s School Canterbury from 1906 to 1908

In 1914 he joined the University and Public Schools Corps and in 1916 was commissioned into the Royal Sussex Regiment later transferring to the Royal Flying Corps. He was killed in a motor cycle accident and is buried in Hove Old Cemetery

Not a lot but better than nothing. he pary of the ongoing research on the King's Canterbury Memorial

Best regards John

[chrisharley9]

John

better late than never - my thanks - will reply to your PM when I return home later

Chris

[Esskay]

Photo and card from Ancestry - Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950

Per The Times of 9th May - his death was announced under the Died of Wounds section - at 2nd General Eastern Military Hospital, Brighton. Funeral was Friday 11th at 12 noon at Hove Cemetary

Cheers

Sue

[RudgwickPreservationSoc]

i have just come across  newspaper reports of the accident and his death (West Sussex County Times, on CD in West Sussex libraries). The collision involved a William Allen of Bognor Regis in a car and Lt Orme on a motorcycle at Roman Gate, a road junction on the border of Rudgwick and Slinfold (A281/A29). He was attended by two local doctors, Dr Frank Boxall of Rudgwick and a Dr Vernon. They had him transferred to the hospital in Brighton. Orme was a residnt of Worthing at the time, and reported to be 25. He earned his status in the CWGC listing.